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The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee held its annual Black History Month awards ceremony to honor Black leaders in the Pacific Northwest, including Dr. Beatrice Butler, Sean Bagsby, Sen. T'wina Nobles, and the Black Heritage Society, and to pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. King and the late Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, Councilmember Rob Saka and Seattle Parks and Recreation Interim Superintendent Michele Finnagen joined community members to celebrate the reopening of the Hiawatha Community Center, which has been renovated to become the city's first fully electrified community center.

Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House chamber for holding a sign protesting President Trump's racist remarks, which he had previously shared and deleted.

Byrd Barr Place will host its first community science fair, celebrating Black pioneers in science, technology, and energy conservation, and providing hands-on experiments, educational displays, free food, resource tables, and opportunities for youth to win cash prizes.

Shantrice Anderson, a public defender and civil litigator, has announced her candidacy for Seattle Municipal Court Judge, with the endorsement of Judge Faye Chess, who is not seeking re-election.

House Bill 2475, which passed the House on a 62-33 vote, would direct the Office of Equity to establish uniform statewide guidelines requiring agencies to provide accessible language programs and address shortages of qualified spoken and sign language interpreters and translators, improving access to government programs for hundreds of thousands of residents who do not speak English as their primary language or who are deaf or hard of hearing.

In a strategic pivot, the Trump administration is recalibrating its immigration enforcement tactics to emphasize targeted operations focused on public safety and national security threats. This shift comes in the wake of the controversial shooting deaths of two American citizens during enforcement actions in Minneapolis, prompting a reduction in high-visibility operations.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the civil rights movement, politician, and humanitarian, died Tuesday at the age of 84. His legacy is marked by relentless advocacy for social justice, economic security, and equality, transcending racial and social boundaries.

The Trump administration's intensified immigration enforcement is creating significant barriers to healthcare access, as evidenced by a notable decline in patient visits. The presence of ICE agents in medical facilities, requesting protected health information, has introduced an atmosphere of disruption and intimidation, deterring individuals from seeking necessary medical care.

The Department of Homeland Security has expanded the powers of federal immigration authorities to detain legal refugees lacking green cards, citing national security concerns and the necessity for further screening.